Aslan, for a boy - discuss

[LetThemEatCake]

Too like Aislinn imo, but I know you mean the Lion.

No - there are better ones than that.

Rinian
Tumnus
Eustace
Puddleglum

Actually I quite like Rinian

Love it actually, but maybe hard to get away with unless your Turkish.

No, don't like it.

If you are Turkish, have Turkish heritage, or at least know a lot about Turkish culture and have some personal connection, great. It is a nice name.

If not, no. Really dislike the practice of latching onto an otherwise barely understood language/culture in order to find an unusual name. Slebtastic and a bit dim.

it's fab, miles better than Leo

LOADS of lion names

Sounds pretentious IMO

Re the religious aspect: loads of Spanish-speakers think (or at least did up until fairly recently) that Jesus is a perfectly acceptable name.

Terrible....hate the CS Lewis connection and there's a dreadful Irish dad rock band called Aslan.

It has a very pretentious sound....can imagine sniggering if I heard someone calling it out in public

are there lots of Turkish people called Lion?

I two jesus's.

If you want your child to endure a lifetime of ridicule then go ahead. What seems cute for a newborn or toddler often doesn't translate to a spotty teenager who will later become a parent himself and have to explain to HIS children why he's got such a weird name.

I am currently trying to persuade my mates not to call their new DS Bilbo (as in Lord of the Ringpiece) FFS! The poor kid will be Dildo to every bully around for the rest of his life...

Well, I know a baby Anakin (yep, as in Star Wars!)

Not keen.

Bilbo

reminds me of Alsation

I know a boy called Bilbo, I don't think he gets picked on

Are you Turkish?

How old is he Greensleeves?

RE Aslan - everyone will assume you are a mad CS Lewis fan. And if you are, then fair enough. The turkish for lion thing will not be obvious.

Arslan you mean? means lion in many languages I like it

I have known Turkish lions, certainly. But you'd probably have to be prepared to talk a lot about your Eastern heritage. Like my Swedish bear. Though he's probably quite happy for people to think that I am an Abba fan . And I thought it would be safe- everybody had forgotten about the tennis player and Mamma Mia had not yet come upon us.

Aslan is popular also in arabic, caucasia, iran for the boy baby names

he's about 12